Improvement in tard-mark and knife



vented a new and improved Combined Yard-Mark and Knife;A and I do hereby declare that the following is Aedge of the counter, and which has a top plate or n.113.' RICHARDSON, oFlcHAnDo'N, oHIo.

LettorsPatent No. 92,362, dated July/'6, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN YARD-MARK AND KNIFE.

m The Schedule referred to in these 'Letters Patent and making part of the sape.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known'that I, E. D. RICHARDSON, of Chardon,

a, it serves as a part of a yard or other measure, while in the county of Geauga, and State of Ohio, have init will, when elevate'dfcarry its inclined cutting-edge Iand will, when pressed down, make an incision in any a full, clean-and exact description thereof, which will Ifabric, twine, or other article placed under it.- enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to' the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan or top view of my improved yard-mark and knife.

Figure 2 is a side view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new' device to be applied to counters, in storesI andl salesrooms, and has for its object to serve at once as a measure, like the ordinary buttons put into counters, and as a knife for cutting the edge of the cloth or fabric measured, preparatory to tearing the same, and for cutting twine, dre.

The invention consists in the application of a blade, A, whichis sunk into a recess formed at the back and lost by careless persons, and still permits its removal when desired. The recess in the counter may be lined by a metallic box, B, as shown.

The fabric or other material may also be cut by forcing it under the button into the fork of the knife,

edge.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent As an improved article of manufacture, a combined yard-mark and cutter, made and operating substantially as herein shown and described.

E. D. RICHARDSON.

Witnesses:

W. S. WIGHT, JOSEPH TUsKnR.

button, a, that rests on the counter.

The blade has a hook, b, formed on it, which ts under a pin, c, that is arranged in the recess of the counter.

' When the device is simply suspended from the knob (l above thecounter, as shown by red lines in g. 2;

The hook prevents it from being readily drawn out, v-

so that it will be brought in contact with the cutting. 

